140. What Not to Wear: The “Perfectly” Good | Clear Your Closet of “Shoulds” to Thrive
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Laurie discusses the reasons midlife women struggle to clear their wardrobes of outdated items due to societal and familial pressures.
Let me tell you what I hear from women like you, like me, all the time: “I really should get rid of some things … old things, outdated things." And the brain's knee-jerk response? “But they’re perfectly good.” Talk about an energy drain! Here, Laurie explores the deeper reasons midlife women keep wardrobes in frustrating limbo: inherited scarcity messages, Depression- and wartime-thrift values passed down through families … 1950s and 1960s gender norms that praised female self-denial, and the...
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